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Caldecott-Buzzy Picture Books
The Barnabus Project, Our Little Kitchen, and I Am Every Good Thing are all contenders for this year’s Caldecott award for illustration. The Barnabus Project by the Terry, Eric, and Devin Fan (the Fan Brothers). Tundra, 2020, 72 pages. Reading Level: Picture book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: ages 4-10 Barnabus lives under a bell jar in a secret lab far below the Perfect Pets pet store. Mouse-size, with mousy ears and tail, he also sports miniature elephant’s feet and trunk. Barnabas is comfortable being himself, but the man-sized creatures in the green rubber suits have marked him as a “Fail.” He’s not the only one: the secret lab is filled…
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Carrie Underwood Announces Release Date For Gospel Album
On Christmas Day, Carrie Underwood announced in a video on social media that she will be releasing a new gospel album titled My Savior. This week, she shared the release date for this upcoming record. The album will be releasing on March 26, just in time for Easter. “For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to record an album of my favorite gospel hymns, and after [my Christmas album] My Gift, it felt like the perfect time to make it happen.” Carrie posted on Instagram. “It’s called My Savior and it will be here March 26.” Along with the announcement of the release date, Carrie also shared…
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2021 Newbery Roundup #2: When You Trap a Tiger, Efren Divided, Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street
Three more possible Newbery contenders we never got around to reviewing. When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller. Random House, 2020, 302 pages Lily, her older sister Sam, and their mother are moving in with their Halmoni (grandma). Lily is happy about it and Sam is angry, but Sam has been generally miserable since their father’s death some years earlier. And now Halmoni is dying of brain cancer. Shortly after the move, Lily sees a tiger in the rain—a hallucination, or could it be somehow real? As the tiger appears to be stalking her, Lily realizes that Halmoni sees it too. It turns out that the tiger is a…
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Remedy Drive Unveils ‘Imago Amor’ Jan. 29th
NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Imago Amor, the 13th full-length recording–and first in three years–by chart-topping modern rockers Remedy Drive, releases January 29. Imago Amor (“the image of love”) follows 2014’s Commodity and 2018’s The North Star as the third volume in a trilogy designed to shine light on slavery and to amplify the voices of those impacted by human trafficking and injustice. Produced by Philip Zach, Imago Amor features 10 songs, all written or co-written by David Zach, Remedy Drive’s founding member. Highlights of the set include the first single, “Dragons,” representing the new horizons and uncharted waters of the counter-trafficking movement, ultimately expressed as love with dangerous unselfishness; the moving title cut,…
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Gotee Records’ Terrian Set To Release New Album February 26th
NASHVILLE, TENN. (JANUARY 15, 2020) Gotee Records’ Terrian will be releasing her debut project, Genesis of Terrian, next month on February 26th. “I’m really excited for people to hear Genesis of Terrian,” shares Terrian. “I gave it this title because it truly does feel like my beginning. Each song differs sonically, making this a true reflection of who I am as a songwriter and artist. Lyrically, most of this EP deals with my journey of wrestling and surrendering. I’ve found solace in God’s word and what He has taught me in every season. I just wanted to sing about it.” Click here to pre-order or pre-save the new 6-song EP.…
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The Dailys – A Musical Collaboration Of Ellie Holcomb and Jillian Edwards Release EP
ASHVILLE, TENN. (JANUARY 15, 2021) Nashville-based singer/songwriters Ellie Holcomb and Jillian Edwards and their musical collaboration The Dailys release a four-song EP available today. The special side-project is produced by their friend/producer/artist/poet Ben Shive. Both Holcomb and Edwards have become staple songwriters in the Nashville songwriter community over the years. They have co-wrote 10 songs together including songs that have also appeared on their individual solo projects. “The music making community in Nashville is a rich one, and sometimes…just sometimes …you get to collaborate with some of your favorite artists and people to make a project together in this case Jillian and Ben,” shares Ellie Holcomb. “We hope this project…
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Reach Records Drops Still 40 Deep Featuring Hulvey And Wande
January 15, 2021 (Atlanta, GA)– Reach Records is dropping a brand new track featuring the label’s newest members Hulvey and Wande titled “Still 40 Deep,” available Jan. 16 (1/16). The song gives a modern spin on the original song “40 Deep,” recorded in 2010 by Lecrae, Trip Lee and Tedashii featured on Lecrae’s Grammy & Dove nominated album Rehab. “‘Still 40 Deep’ is dope because it embodies what it’s like to fellowship with other believers who are young, urban, and unashamed,” shares Wande. “As a new generation we bring new blood and energy to the scene but the heart behind why we do music still remains the same; to spread…
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Filming has started on God’s Not Dead 4
Last month on social media, PureFlix founder David AR White announced that they’re currently working on the fourth installment of God’s Not Dead, titled “We The People.” Filming has already begun this month in Oklahoma, and David shared a video on his IGTV stating that many of the previous cast members from the “God’s Not Dead” series are returning for this fourth movie. Not much other information has been announced yet, but it’s believed that the movie will bow by the end of 2021! After the success of the first three installments of “God’s Not Dead,” it’s no surprise that PureFlix is working on the fourth movie in the series.…
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How to Work for Racial Justice
Three hundred and eighty-one. That’s how many days the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted. Sparked by lifelong activist and justice-seeker Rosa Parks, fueled by Black women who organized car pools, printed flyers, and walked to and from work, and with Martin Luther King Jr. as the spokesperson of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), Black people… The post How to Work for Racial Justice appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Morning Routines: It’s a New Day.
What’s Your Morning Routine? How does your typical morning begin? Is your morning routine hurried and hustled, or does it begin in the peace and calm of time with God? Rebekah Lyons wasn’t always a morning person. For years, the author and speaker experienced panic attacks and severe anxiety. But in the last few years, Lyons said… The post Morning Routines: It’s a New Day. appeared first on FaithGateway.